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The Roots of Betrayal by James Forrester

The Roots of Betrayal: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Clarenceux series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Roots of Betrayal runs 13.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Roots of Betrayal at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Clarenceux

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 26.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Sacred Treason13.7 hrs
2The Roots of Betrayal13.2 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,434 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Roots of Betrayal is book 2 of James Forrester's Clarenceux series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released January 3, 2013, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Grady
Released
January 3, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Clarenceux #2
ISBN
9781407489902

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Roots of Betrayal as an audiobook?

The Roots of Betrayal runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is The Roots of Betrayal free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Roots of Betrayal?

The Roots of Betrayal is narrated by Mike Grady.

Is The Roots of Betrayal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.